Are there any British schools in Redmond/Bellevue/Seattle area? (Issaquah: transplants, neighborhood)

[pilotchute]

We are looking at moving to Redmond later this year and I am looking for schools that use the British system - so as not to disrupt the kids education too much.

[Vinylly]

I think you'll find 'British' schools in Britain, not here.
What do you mean by 'British Schools'?

[Hemlock140]

Not that I have heard of in our 18 years here. The best we can do is a very active cricket league, and a great British Restaurant/Store in Redmond. My wife works at an elementary school and if it's any help, there are actually several recent British transplants there whose parent works at Microsoft, and they are doing just fine in our school system, the same one as in Redmond.

Welcome to the NorthWest Cricket League (http://nwcl.org/NWCLWeb/ - broken link)
British food. The British Pantry stocks British food and hard to find British food items.

[JSeaman0]

Originally Posted by Vinylly

I think you'll find 'British' schools in Britain, not here.
What do you mean by 'British Schools'?

Yeah that's what I would think.

[Inkpoe]

Originally Posted by Vinylly

I think you'll find 'British' schools in Britain, not here.
What do you mean by 'British Schools'?

The British Schools of America

If I was living in one of those 6 cities (DC, Houston, Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, NYC), I'd consider sending my daughter there. I've never heard of any British schools here. I would love to know if there is one.

[seattlefanatic]

To add on to the Northwest Cricket League, there is also the King's Rugby league.

[AddyLaddy]

We just moved 3 kids into the Issaquah school district from the UK. One is a Freshman at high school another at Middle and another in Elementary. We arrived a month after term started, but they all seem to be coping well. I guess if we had to go back to the UK before HS finishes it may be hard for them with no GSCEs.

It appears that one of the LWSD schools is offering an iGCSE but I have no idea what it actually is;

Cambridge

[pilotchute]

Thanks All, I am looking for a school that uses the british education system i.e. GCSE's and A levels and also uses the same syllabus. There are plenty of American schools in the UK that run the US Education system - which are great for families relocating for a short while to a different country.
Another example is that children start school in the UK at 4 years old - is that the same in the US?

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by pilotchute

Another example is that children start school in the UK at 4 years old - is that the same in the US?

In most states Kindergarten eligibility requires them to be age 5 by the September start date.

[Vinylly]

We have pre-school. My grandson, who is soon to be 2 years old, is in a nursery school sponsered by a local neighborhood church. They get to learn social behavior, numbers, sports, and the alphabet. He is also going to a Chinese school where he is learning Chinese and my daughter is teaching him Spanish. We bought him a toy computer, which he just loves because he likes to imitate his parents. His nursery school teachers tell us he is very articulate in speaking for his age. He can speak in sentences and tries to be part of the conversation with us adults.